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Zoom Steps Up Its Game With AI and
Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 – Zoom taps AI to empower customers in safe hybrid work environment. Zoom – the communications platform used by nearly 13 million people each month – is working to further elevate its collaboration services with AI technology. Announcements include…
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Microsoft and OpenAI’s AGI Fight Is Bigger Than a Contract
I first learned about The Clause from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. During an interview with him in May 2023, I asked about the deal between Microsoft and OpenAI that granted his company exclusive access to the startup’s groundbreaking AI technology. I knew the contract had set a cap on how…
Thinking Machines Lab Raises a Record $2 Billion, Announces Cofounders
Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company founded by top researchers who fled OpenAI, has raised a record $2 billion seed round that values the fledgling firm at $12 billion.The funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and included Nvidia, Accel, Cisco, and AMD—among others. The mammoth investment reflects the…
The Teens Are Taking Waymos Now
Are the kids all right? They’re in Waymos, at least, now that the self-driving car company has begun to allow Arizona teenagers in the Phoenix area to ride by themselves through special “teen” accounts.Eventually, the teen service, open to 14- to 17-year-olds, could come to all of the markets in…
‘People Are Going to Die’: A Malnutrition Crisis Looms in the Wake of USAID Cuts
Edesia had to lay off 10 percent of its staff in March as USAID was dismantled; Salem says that it took “many, many, many weeks” for the company to receive partial payment owed by the US government. “I believe Marco Rubio when he said, ‘We want to continue these programs,’”…
Linda Yaccarino Tried to Tame X. Now She’s Out as CEO
Linda Yaccarino, who has served as CEO of X since Elon Musk appointed her to the role in June 2023, announced Wednesday that she is stepping down.Her departure comes less than four months after Musk announced that X would be absorbed into xAI, the billionaire’s existing artificial intelligence startup. In…
Elon Musk Unveils Grok 4 Amid Controversy Over Chatbot’s Antisemitic Posts
Elon Musk on Thursday unveiled Grok 4, the latest AI model from xAI, his multibillion-dollar initiative to rival OpenAI and Google. Without citing detailed evidence, Musk claimed that the model aces standardized tests and exhibits doctorate-level knowledge in a wide array of different disciplines.“Grok 4 is a postgrad-level in everything,”…
These Startups Are Building Advanced AI Models Without Data Centers
Researchers have trained a new kind of large language model (LLM) using GPUs dotted across the world and fed private as well as public data—a move that suggests that the dominant way of building artificial intelligence could be disrupted.Flower AI and Vana, two startups pursuing unconventional approaches to building AI,…
Business Class Ain’t What It Used to Be. Don’t Tell First Class
They’ll be competing with Delta Air Lines, the largest US carrier by revenue, which provides some of the industry’s plushest business-class seating. Its Delta One suites come with a Missoni-branded duvet and slippers, a mattress pad that doubles as a lumbar pillow, and a memory foam cuddle pillow.Delta One passengers…
eBay and Vestiaire Collective Want an Exemption from Trump’s Tariffs
Last month, Suzanne Smith-Darley felt fantastic. She had just bought a used Chanel handbag from a Japanese seller on eBay for $800—a steal compared to the original asking price of $1,400. About a week later an email arrived that crushed her: DHL was demanding a $142 fee for US tariffs…
Venice Braces for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s Wedding
The lavish wedding between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his partner Lauren Sanchez is scheduled for June 26-28 in Venice, Italy. For months, however, protests against the event have taken place in the city, intensifying in recent days with the “No Space for Bezos” campaign—which refers to his aerospace investments—over…
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